This Day, That Year

Item from July 24, 1994, in China Daily: Children are happy about the opening of the first McDonald's restaurant in Shanghai. It is McDonald's 22nd store in the Chinese mainland ... continuing its aggressive expansion policy throughout the nation ...

There are seven McDonald's outlets in Shenzhen, five in Beijing, four in Guangzhou and one each in Xiamen, Fuzhou, Tianjin, Dongguan and Foshan.

Following Kentucky Fried Chicken's first Chinese store in 1987 and similar launches from McDonald's and Pizza Hut in the early 1990s, Western fast-food and restaurant chains have been significantly growing their presence in Chinese cities in the past few decades, on the back of the country's rapid development.